Tira News 02/27/15 by Jan Vaughn
The regular quarterly meeting of the Tira City Council will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3rd at the Tira Community Center. The public is always welcome and encouraged to attend. Lee and Kim Beck enjoyed “Muddy Gras” on Friday, February 13th, at Muddy Jakes in Sulphur Springs, along with their son, Jackson Dailey, and his friend Courtney. “Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler!” [Let the good times roll!], says Kim. Jackson Dailey...
White House to Seek Stay of Immigration Ruling
by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune – February 20, 2015 *Editor’s note: This story has been updated with comment from Gov. Greg Abbott. The Obama administration will ask a court on Monday to allow the president’s controversial immigration order to move forward after a Texas judge halted the program this week. “The Department of Justice has made a decision to file a stay in this case,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest...
Lawmakers Want to Expand Worker Screening
by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune – January 31, 2015 One of former Gov. Rick Perry’s last efforts to address border security and immigration doesn’t go far enough for some lawmakers who returned to Austin earlier this month. Just weeks before finishing his term, Perry issued an executive order requiring state agencies under his direction to start checking whether job applicants can legally work in the country using the...
